Appropriately ignoring the Spanish state (7)
I believe the answer is:
germany
'state' is the definition.
(Germany is an example)
'appropriately ignoring the spanish' is the wordplay.
'appropriately' becomes 'germanely'.
'ignoring' is a deletion indicator.
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'germanely' with 'el' taken out is 'GERMANY'.
(Other definitions for germany that I've seen before include "EU member" , "Mid-European country" , "European federal republic" , "A World War Two Axis state" , "Mary, gen up on the country" .)